kalimanatan

Question 1

where is kalimantan

Answer 1

kalimantan occupies 2/3 of the island of borneo, it is a part of indonesia. The size of its forest decreased by half from 1900 to 2000

Question 2

causes of deforestation in kalimantan

Answer 2

oil palm industries: cheap to grow /high profits / in kalimantan the area used by palm plantation grew to nearly a million ha in 2003

Question 3

timber logging

Answer 3

• to support the demands for mordern products
• increasing consumer demand wuth incraesing affluence (illegal logging)

Question 4

timber mining

Answer 4

• kalimantan is very rich in minign ores (e.g gold/sliver/ copper)
  -mordern methods of mining destroy huge areas of forests-> cyanide

Question 5

TRANSMIGRATION POLICY

Answer 5

• resettling the overcrowed JAVA to less crowed islands (kalimantan)
• rural urban migration to cities to look for jobs and better opportunites in life
• forests cleared as cities expand

Question 6

TRANS-KALIMANTAN HIGHWAY

Answer 6

-230 km long
- cuts through the forest to link to balikpapan and banjarmansin
- improved accesibilty allows people to enter the forest for other purposes (mining/ logging/ more forest cover destroyed)
- building roads require logginf itself, this requires even more logging due to increased accessibilty